Symptoms

There are symptoms that we can detect on our owned, such as:

  1. Excessive thirst and appetite
  2. Increased urination (sometimes as often as every hour)
  3. Fatigue
  4. Weight Loss or gain
  5. Nausea
  6. Blurred Vision
  7. In women, frequent vaginal infections
  8. In men and women, yeast infections
  9. Dry mouth
  10. Slow-healing of sores and cuts
  11. Itching skin, especially in the groin or vaginal area
  12. Abdominal pain
  13. Heavy, labored breathing (Kussmaul respiration)
  14. Frequent infection of the skin

Call your health care provider if you or any other of your family members are experimenting any of the above symptoms, it could save your or others peoples lives.

Symptoms on Children
  • Unexplained weight loss
  • Increased hunger or thirst, even after eating
  • Dry mouth
  • Frequent urination
  • Fatigue
  • Blurred vision
  • Heavy breathing
  • Slow healing of sores or cuts
  • Itchy skin
  • Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet
Emergency signs of Type I diabetes

  • Shaking and confusion
  • Rapid breathing
  • Fruity smell to the breath
  • Abdominal pain
  • Loss of consciousness (but rare)